Accompanied by the blazing tropical sunshine, strong sea breeze, and crystal clear water, the 10 sailors on the Yuandou were taking their time to fire volleys at the Galen ship under the blue sky and white clouds.

In order to avoid the smoke caused by free shooting and the loss of accuracy caused by the fluctuation of the hull, the 10-man shooting team now fires at the same time, and only when the hull shakes to the highest point, the squad leader will issue the shooting order.

Therefore, the current situation on the sea is: every half minute or so, a row of white smoke will appear neatly on the side of the sand ship. Half a minute later, the smoke has been blown away by the sea breeze, and then the gunfire will start again, and so on.

The only disadvantage of this method is that the shooting rate is reduced. The 28 Dagai, which was originally able to shoot 81o lead bullets per minute, can now only shoot 12 with the turtle.

However, the Spaniards on the Alicante did not think so.

5 minutes, only 5 minutes, the strange ship possessed by the devil fired a crazy 10 rounds of lead bullets. These terrifying bullets spanned a distance of 400 meters, sending 4 sailors to death in 6 consecutive

It’s wrong to go to the west, it’s paradise.

As for the cannon fired by the Galen ship in a panic, after temporarily adding the amount of gunpowder, even the gunner didn't know where the iron ball flew.

Second Lieutenant Sandoval saw that the situation was not good, and once ordered the ship to approach the opponent. However, the strange ship, with a puff of smoke coming out of the stern from time to time, soon relied on its strange speed and the wind advantage of the hard sail to regain its position.

It widened the distance between the two sides and widened the gap to 45o meters.

Traditional Chinese-style ships have maneuverability advantages in windy areas, but due to the limitations of the hard sail area and dead weight, the ship has flaws. However, the Yuandou, a devilish ship that combines dexterity and speed, made Lieutenant Sandoval feel

I am completely powerless and unable to do anything.

Faced with this unprecedented and bizarre battle pattern, the anxious second lieutenant issued an ostrich order: everyone hid behind the cabin and the ship continued to move forward.

The clever second lieutenant saw the weakness of his opponent: relying on their advantages in ship and range, they were unwilling to engage in close combat with the Alicante, which had an eight-pounder gun.

Since this is the case, then everyone should keep the status quo: the Galen ship is now sailing directly under full sail, and the lead bullets cannot penetrate the cabin, so you can shoot them as you like, or at worst, there will be a few more holes in the canvas.

The second lieutenant's order worked quickly. Faced with the seemingly empty situation on the deck, the opponent stopped shooting with "bird cannon".

The next moment, a loud "dong-dong" sound suddenly sounded from the sea. The 2b heavy machine gun with the flash suppressor removed, even under the dazzling midday sun, still sprayed out high-brightness gun flames and fiery red tracer bullets.

The Spaniards, who stretched out half their heads from the side of the ship, easily saw the trajectory of the tracer bullets. Before they understood what this meant, the 127mm armor-piercing incendiary bomb plunged into the poop of Galen's ship.

In the movie clips that people are familiar with in later generations, there are always some cool pirate captains, drinking rum and turning the wheel rudder in front of them gracefully to steer the sailboat.

However, this kind of picture did not exist before the 18th century.

Before the 18th century, the helmsman controlled the course of the sailboat by operating the tiller attached to the rudder stock. The entire system was a simple horizontal lever in the shape of a "7". The helmsman operated the 7, the stern rudder and

That's where the rudder stock stands.

This system is very primitive. In bad weather, it sometimes takes four people to withstand the pressure of the cross handle. Moreover, this rudder stock is placed on the semi-open deck in the stern cabin, unlike the roulette rudder in the movie.

Directly on the open deck.

As long as the position is slightly wrong, Lei Jian is lying on the stern of the Yuandou, and he can clearly see the position of the rudder level in the stern of the Galen ship: because only the tail of this level is clear.

It's open.

Therefore, using short bursts of machine gun bullets, we quickly tested the tail rudder level.

When Lei Jian was in Africa, he could often play with it. Later, in the training stage before time travel, the ignorant and fearless Lei Jian shot all kinds of machine guns. Later, after traveling through time, he learned that he was invited to play with machine guns for free.

A certain chairman’s sinister intentions

At a distance of 45o meters, the 127mm warhead shattered the cabin board like piercing tofu. The next moment, the wood fragments and warhead wrapped in energy knocked down the sailor in the helm.

The Alicante then used a weapon visible to the naked eye

degree, and turned a corner on the sea.

The gunfire stopped quickly, and less than 30 bullets were used.

After seeing the trajectory of tracer bullets on the sea, Lieutenant Sandoval almost subconsciously bent down and ran into the stern cabin. At this moment, he was stunned in front of the tragic scene.

There were human body parts and internal organs all over the floor, large amounts of blood, and the warriors who continued to crawl forward even after losing their lower body.

Stopping the sailors who were running in, the second lieutenant had an epiphany at this moment: "Stop the ship, lower the sails, show the white flag, we surrender."

An hour later, the Alicante set sail again.

The exploration team naturally brought enough translators with them on this voyage. Not only did they have Spanish translators, but there were also two small Fujian businessmen who had dealt with the natives of Taipei before.

When the translator who came to Galen's ship in a small boat told Second Lieutenant Sandoval about the origin of the Yuandou and the request of exploration captain Pan Mingzhong, the Spaniards looked at the broken corpse on the ground and had no choice but to lower their heads and obey.

Already.

As a result, the Alicante weighed anchor and sailed again and sailed towards the captain, while the Yuandou naturally followed behind and began the journey to escort the prisoners.

At this time, there is no need to turn on the wood gas power system. In fact, the Yuandou is no longer able to play anymore. The energy density of wood is much smaller than that of diesel and coal. After more than 3 hours of chasing, the reserves in the cabin

The little fuel we have is already at the bottom. If we continue to play cat and mouse, we will burn the planks of the ship.

What follows is the drama of the arrival of the police uncle: two soft-sailed schooners with hull numbers 3o1 and 3o2 arrived head-on at lightning speed not long after the Galen ship turned around from Kenting Point and headed north.

Both police ships are based on the 17th century ketch, a new type of sailing ship after recalculating the line type by later ship design companies.

According to the naming rules of the Navy, these two newly manufactured sailing ships fell into the third-class destroyer class due to their excessive tonnage: the number starting with the hull number is 3. As for when the larger second-class cruisers and first-class battleships will be listed?

Pretend, this is useless.

The No. 3o1 ship is 3o meters in length and has a displacement of 15o tons. Its streamlined hull gives it the ability to shuttle at high altitudes on the sea surface.

Western sailing ships have improved from the 17th to the 18th century, mainly due to the increase in sail area, more and more sails, and higher and higher masts. However, the design progress under the waterline is very slow. The emergence of flying shears is

That's what happened in the 19th century.

As for the two new verification destroyers built by Time Traveler, the part below the waterline has been optimized through later computer simulations. Although the keels are not tilted backwards like the clipper ships, the new ships still have high sailing speeds and do not use gas power.

Under the condition of the system, with full sail and full wind, the speed can reach 13 knots.

In addition, the sail equipment of the two destroyers has also been changed: the main sails on the front and rear masts are similar to the gaff sails of Chinese ships, but the hard sails have been changed to soft white canvas sails.

The topsail above the mainsail, whether it is a square sail or a jib, is cancelled.

Europeans need to increase the sail area as much as possible to get a boat, but Traverse does not need it. The gains in boating brought by modifying the shape of the boat and adding auxiliary power have far exceeded those brought by those complicated sail lines and top sails.

the benefits of.

Therefore, the newly released cruiser did not install a clumsy square sail that was only suitable for sailing downwind. Instead, it installed a flexible gaff sail on the main mast. In addition, the destroyer's sword-like long bowsprit was hung on the main mast.

It is a jib suitable for traveling against the wind.

This simplified sail rig, coupled with the use of pulleys, makes the destroyer not only flexible and fast, but also has a small crew: 9 combat personnel and 1 engine crew can meet all navigation needs. Even if two teams of gun crews are added

, 20 people will be enough.

As for the armament on the destroyer, there are two imitation Napoleon cannons installed on the front and rear decks with rotating gun mounts and auxiliary aiming equipment. One is 12-pounder and the other is 6-pounder.

Using a smoothbore cannon from the 19th century to compete with an ancient red cannon from the 17th century, well, this is very bullying and very suitable for traveling through crowds.

The Napoleon cannon, like the 28-inch prototype gun Sharpes, is at the pinnacle of its field.

A standard 12-pound smoothbore Napoleon cannon weighs 556 kilograms. It can accurately project a 12-pound iron ball to a distance of 1500 meters with a shooting angle of 5 degrees. If the shooting angle increases to 10 degrees, then the distance

It can reach 19oo meters away.

At a shooting distance of 1500 meters, the Napoleon cannon shells can accurately hit the opponent's artillery. In the Civil War, there were many examples of hitting the opponent's soldiers.

The Napoleonic cannon fired very quickly. A skilled gun crew could fire 4 shells per minute, which was faster than all the indigenous artillery and firearms in the 17th century.

Therefore, the Napoleon cannon is a weapon with high maneuverability, fierce firepower, and is extremely simple and effective to manufacture and use. Compared with these primitive snake guns and red cannons in the 17th century, after 200 years of development, the Napoleon cannon has been perfectly integrated in all aspects.

Cannons can easily defeat the seniors.

Even if they are traveling through time, they can only make some efforts in metal smelting, but cannot change the appearance of the Napoleon cannon. In fact, the performance of the first batch of cast iron cannons produced in the kiln area is not comparable to that of the bronze Napoleon cannons.

, it can only be said that it is a bit more high-end than the cast iron cannon of the 19th century.

Throughout the naval battles of this era, the effective range of the cannons, including those over 24 pounds, actually did not exceed 700 yards.

Although the maximum range of many large-caliber guns can be as high as more than 3,000 yards, at a distance of more than 7,000 yards, especially in naval battles, the ships on both sides are in their own motion, and the hit rate is terrible.

If they want to achieve a barely passable hit rate on undulating seas, then the captains must shorten the engagement distance to within 4oo or even 3oo yards.

In fact, later captains of the British Empire preferred to start battles at a distance of 15o yards. Even the brown bass could exert its power at this distance. Some captains even clamored: put the muzzle of the gun against the enemy's face and shoot. !

Therefore, the Napoleon cannon currently owned by the Chuangzhong has both shooting and accuracy. Also within a distance of 1,000 meters, the destroyer gun crew with optical sighting equipment can take the lead and use a large number of shots to make up for the hit rate. Opponent's ships buried.
Chapter completed!